Fall
2002 - Rhode Island
Avalonia
Leader: Dr. Gayle Gleason
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Ely Moskal
smooths down the plaster for a cast of a dinsaur footprint at
Dinosaur State Park, CT, while Mike Kloczko and Emily Hopkins
give directions. |
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Measuring
a dinosaur footprint on the trackway at Dinosaur State Park,
CT. Length of the footprint should be proportional to the length
of the leg of the dinosaur that made the print, so 1.4 feet
x 5 = 7 feet leg length!! |
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Looking for sedimentary
structures in phyllite, Brenton Point State Park,
RI. These rocks originated as Cambrian sediments that were subsequently
metamorphosed into phyllite. |
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A "trilo-bit"
in a kinkband in phyllite. Beaver Tail State Park, RI
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Clockwise from
front: Emily, Stephanie DeSisto, Ely, Lora Spencer and Mike,
all on the folded and cleaved Cambrian metasedimentary rocks
of Avalonia. Beaver Tail State Park, RI. |
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